Thank goodness we have jb747 here. Seriously thank you. The armchair experts here really have been out in force so it's good to have an actual subject matter expert here to provide the facts.
Confirmed landing in Brisbane just now, the acknowledgement of country message was replaced with a simple welcome to Brisbane, ___ country. I couldn't understand the word for Brisbane sorry.
I don't think there's any debate to be had. 400 people alive and well beats a potential accident with fatigued crew. Even with the, in reality, slight inconvenience of having to sort out visas etc